Entangled with My Cousin's Fiancé
Chapter 191: Yolanda Greenwood Must Not Become the Heir

Chapter 191: Chapter 191: Yolanda Greenwood Must Not Become the Heir

Cooper Coldson left the room and went downstairs to the kitchen.

Isabella Ross immediately noticed something was off with his face and asked in a lowered voice, "What’s wrong?"

"It’s nothing." Cooper avoided Isabella’s scrutinizing gaze, hands in his pockets, leaning against the cabinet.

He didn’t want to return to his room, nor did he want to go to the living room; his only option was to hide here.

Isabella frowned, "Did your brother hit you?"

In this family, no one except Noah Coldson dared to lay hands on Cooper.

Cooper remained silent, "Just leave it alone."

"What did you do?" Isabella grew increasingly curious. Cooper’s attitude towards his brother wasn’t like this before; clearly, Cooper felt he was in the wrong.

Cooper became impatient, "Can you stop asking?"

"Is it because of Yolanda Greenwood?" Isabella still pressed on.

Cooper turned and left immediately.

Isabella knew her guess was correct, sighed, and shook her head helplessly.

Noah was already in the living room, Sunny and others were chatting, and he sat alone on the sofa, engrossed in his phone.

When Cooper passed by him, he glanced unintentionally and discovered that Noah was looking at baby products.

He froze on the spot, his entire being in a daze.

Noah sensed his presence behind him and put away his phone, then got up to watch Jaxon Greenwood and others play chess.

"Cooper, what happened to the corner of your mouth?" Melissa Greenwood rushed over, concerned, "Did you fight with someone?"

Cooper hadn’t seemed this way when he came back; had a fight just happened upstairs?

Her thoughts wandered to the departing Noah; was it him who had hit Cooper?

If it was Noah, Melissa instantly thought of Yolanda; this must have something to do with her.

"It’s nothing." Cooper snapped back to reality, looking even more irritable. He sat on the sofa, silent, making Melissa and others reluctant to speak.

When Yolanda came down, Isabella then called everyone to eat.

The table was full of dishes, very rich and appealing, just the sight of which could whet one’s appetite.

Yolanda sat next to Noah, with Cooper and Melissa across from her.

Isabella sat at the head position.

"Let’s consider this meal our New Year’s reunion dinner, let’s have a toast first," she suggested proactively.

Yolanda furrowed her brow, she was pregnant and couldn’t drink alcohol, but just then, a servant handed her a glass of orange juice.

"Thank you." Yolanda nodded.

Melissa and Sunny caught that, jealousy flashing in their eyes.

After the toast, Isabella called everyone to eat, "We have a fuller gathering this time, so I’ve prepared a variety of dishes. Let me know which you like so we can prepare more of it in the future."

She looked at Yolanda, "Yolanda? Do you like these dishes? Or let me know if you want anything else, and I’ll make it for you next time."

"Big sis," Sunny said with a smile, "aren’t you being a little too obvious with your favoritism? Melissa and I are going to be jealous."

Isabella glared at her, "You are nothing like Yolanda. You’re the Coldson Family; Yolanda is a guest."

This left Sunny speechless.

The meal was quite warm and pleasant. Throughout, Noah kept serving food to Yolanda; they interacted like a couple in love.

More frustrating for Cooper was that Yolanda didn’t give him a single glance the entire meal.

After the meal, Yolanda wanted to help clean up, but Isabella refused.

"You, child," Isabella sighed softly, "There were some things in the past that I did wrong, please don’t take them to heart."

She forced a smile, "The old man’s health is getting worse, and he misses you, try to visit him more when you have the time."

"Rest assured, aunty, I’ll come." Yolanda stopped Isabella, "And, about the past, it’s all behind us. I’ve forgotten it all."

Isabella paused her step, chuckled lightly, and then left.

"Yolanda?"

Yolanda turned around, Jaxon called her.

She approached in a few steps, "Uncle?"

"Let’s meet tomorrow," Jaxon said in a low, cautious voice.

Joy sparked in Yolanda’s heart—had Jaxon found something?

"Okay." Yolanda nodded in agreement.

The two spoke as if exchanging secret information and quickly parted ways.

Upon leaving, Yolanda saw Sunny, believing that word would soon reach Melissa.

As expected, Sunny immediately went to find Melissa.

"Your dad is so interesting, why is he sneaking around to meet with Yolanda? Do they have some kind of unspeakable secret?"

Melissa frowned, "You saw them whispering to each other?"

Sunny smiled.

Melissa didn’t speak. Had Jaxon and Yolanda acknowledged each other behind her back and were now plotting something?

She couldn’t bear to continue the thought, feeling chills run down her spine.

Seems like she needed someone to keep an eye on Jaxon.

Yolanda stayed a while longer before leaving with Noah.

"Brother, you don’t have to go with me, after all, it’s New Year’s Day; you should stay in the old house." Yolanda said somewhat helplessly in the car.

"We’ve had our reunion dinner, the holiday is basically over." Noah asked eagerly, "Do you have plans for tonight?"

"Tonight?"

"Yes." Noah smiled, "Tonight, Lola is also coming back, and there’s Adam Sterling, who just texted me saying how lonely and cold he is, that everyone else is gathering, and he’s left to freeze in a hotel."

"I actually forgot about Dr. Sterling." Yolanda felt a bit embarrassed, "So tonight, how about we have hot pot at our place?"

"Sounds good, I’ll drop you off first and then pick up Adam to go shopping for the ingredients." Noah seemed to be full of energy.

"No need, I’ve been back and forth all day, I’ll go with you guys." Yolanda wanted to help as well.

"Don’t bother, go rest, we’ll be right over," Noah insisted on dropping Yolanda off.

That night, Lola Gold returned, and the four of them enjoyed the hot pot, with the other three having some drinks, excluding Yolanda.

The next day, Adam Sterling was the first to return to the military base, and Yolanda went to meet with Jaxon.

The two arranged to meet at a teahouse. As they just entered, someone sent pictures of them entering the teahouse to Melissa.

"Damn, they’re still meeting in secret?" Melissa clenched her teeth.

"Have they really acknowledged each other?" Eliana Reed was with her, "Are they plotting something? If they are recognized as family, and you get driven out of the Greenwood Family, then..."

Then Melissa would receive some money but lose her inheritance rights as the head of the Greenwood Family.

She couldn’t let Yolanda replace her and become Jaxon’s true heir. Even if they acknowledged each other, as long as the legal documents weren’t corrected, she was still the rightful heir.

Thus, Melissa quickly resolved one thing—she couldn’t give Jaxon the chance to make things right.

A wave of madness swirled in her eyes as she looked at Eliana and said coldly, "Jaxon can’t stay!"